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The original, of similar dimensions, is in the Frick Collection, New York.
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Wisdom and Strength
Details
After Paolo Caliari, il Veronese
Wisdom and Strength
inscribed 'OMNIA VANITAS' (lower left, of the column)
oil on canvas
88 ¼ x 65 ¼ in. (224.2 x 165.8 cm.) not including a further 20 cm. of painted canvas folded over the bottom of the stretcher
in a composition frame, probably designed by Robert Adam, made for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, for Luton Park, Bedfordshire
Wisdom and Strength
inscribed 'OMNIA VANITAS' (lower left, of the column)
oil on canvas
88 ¼ x 65 ¼ in. (224.2 x 165.8 cm.) not including a further 20 cm. of painted canvas folded over the bottom of the stretcher
in a composition frame, probably designed by Robert Adam, made for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, for Luton Park, Bedfordshire
Provenance
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792), framed c. 1772/4 to be hung at Luton Park, possibly over one of the chimneys in the Saloon where Reynolds' portraits of the 3rd Earl and his wife were subsequently placed, and by descent to his son,
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814), Luton Hoo, where recorded in the inventories of 1799, p. 41 (Saloon), and 1822, no. 79 (Saloon), and by descent to,
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (1933-1993); (†) Christie's, London, 9 December 1994, lot 343 (£23,000), when acquired by the present owner.
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute (1744-1814), Luton Hoo, where recorded in the inventories of 1799, p. 41 (Saloon), and 1822, no. 79 (Saloon), and by descent to,
John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (1933-1993); (†) Christie's, London, 9 December 1994, lot 343 (£23,000), when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J.P. Richter, Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings lent for exhibition by the Marquis of Bute, K.T., London, 1883, no. 255, as 'Veronese'.
P. Watson, Wisdom and Strength. The Biography of a Renaissance Masterpiece, London, Sydney, Auckland and Johannesburg, 1990, pp. 210 and 359.
P. Watson, Wisdom and Strength. The Biography of a Renaissance Masterpiece, London, Sydney, Auckland and Johannesburg, 1990, pp. 210 and 359.
Exhibited
London, Bethnal Green Branch Museum, The Bute Collection, 1883, no. 255, as 'Veronese'.
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